Running-board structure



F. F. REISINGER. RUNNING BOARD STRUCTURE. APPLICATION FILED FEB.19. 1920.

Patented June 15, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

FRANK F. REISINGER, 0F EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

RUNNING-BOARD STRUCTURE.

viding a running board structure of practical desi n which may be fashioned entirely of meta? A further object islto provide .a set of running boards and supports of simple but effective construction and arrangement which will insure the maximum measure of safety practicable in such contrivances.

Another object is the provision, of running boards, supports and fastenings which may be manufactured complete and ready for installation in accordance with prearranged standards. 1

A further object is to provide running boards and supports that due to their construction and securing means may be completed ready for installation upon any type of car top, whether the. same be of stand ard construction or otherwise.

Before describing my improvement specifically I'wish it understood that the invention is not -to be limited to any specific de'- tails except in so, far as such limitations are specified 1n the annexed claims. I do not limit myself in the manufacture of the run ning boards, their supports or securing means to any particular material, shape, or proportions, butreserve the ri ht to make any rearrangement in the course of manu-v 'facture that may lend itself to the commercialization of the device as long as I do not depart from the spirit of my, invention.

In the accompanying drawings'in which like reference" characters indicate corresponding parts in the several views and i'n which I have illustrated an embodiment of my invention:

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view'of a box car roof structure and one type of running boards showing a form of saddle and a method of securing the same to the car roof and'car roof beam.

my invention resides in prosupporting 12 represent Specification of I etters l Patent. Patented June 15 1920,

Application filed February 19, 1920. Serial No. 359,977.

d1Figs. 2 and 3are different forms of sades.- Fig. 4 is an end view ,of Fig. 2 drawn to a different scale.

Fig. 5 is a plan walkway.

Fig. '6 is a side elevation of Fig. 5. Fig; 7 is a sectional elevation of a modified type of saddle and running-board.

Fig. 8 is an end view" of'the type of saddle shown in Fig. 7 showing a type of secur-. ing clip.

' In the particular form I have chosen for illustrating my improvement I secure the view of a portion of a saddles 1 to the car roof ridge beamby the bolts .2, the saddles being provided with upstanding lugs 3 which assist the bolts 4 in securing the running boards 5 to prevent them from slipping or shifting. In Figs. 2 and 4 the channels 6 are for the purpose of providing a bridge over the lapped seams of plate edges of steel car construction or other obstructions that may be encountered by the saddles. stances to provide additional securing means for the saddles other than the central bolt 2 of Fig. 1, and I have provided for this at 7, Fig. 3. The running boardsor plates may be roughened at 8 or 9, Fig. 5, for a whole or a part of their length, and if it is desired to project the running boards beyond the car ends in order to lessen the step between adjoining cars I may provide brackets 10. Elements 11 and sleepers similar in design to the saddles for'platform boards, the latter not being illustrated, but which should be secured to the sleepers by countersunk bolts as in the case of the running boards.

In the form of saddles and boards shown in Figs. 7 and 8 I have met the requirement of types of cars 1 01 built'to standard construction. Frequently the roof beams and trusses of such cars are not equally or re utherefore to punch the board holes for bolts 4, Fig. 5, or drill bolt holes 2 or 2, Fig. 3. In such case I- prefer to use the modified form of saddles 14 which are provided with end flanges 15 for securing the outer edge of the outer boards 16, the said saddles being further provided with depressions 17 for receiving the inner offset edgeslS of the outer boards, the only bolted connection be ing through one of the holes 19 in the central board 20. I may punch these holes the It may be necessary in some in- 100 larly spaced, and it would be inadvisable entire length of the boards andfrom the under side, leaving the rough upset edges in the upper side of the plate to provide a better footing. The bolt, not shown,

adapted to secure the center board to the saddle and to lock the other two boards in place, is inserted into any of'the holes 19 that may register with a hole to be provided in one of the upper horizontal flanges of all the saddles of this type at midway of their length; thus the saddles 14 may be spaced" unequally to suit the arrangement of roof beams or trusses encountered. In order to provide for varying spacing of roof mem-,

bers '21 I have devised the sliding clip or clamp 22, which may be shifted to any pointalong the length of the saddle, the securing bolts 23 being passed into the holes already provided at 24, the bolts impinging the outer edges of the I-beam shaped saddle.

as shown. By' tightening the nuts 25 the clamps are pinched down on the lower flanges of the saddles with such force asto rigidly secure them. In the form shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the saddles do not bear upon the roof, but are held away from it by the thickness of the securing clip 22, thus allowing for a circulation of air to preventrotting of the roof boards directly under the saddle. Y

i I claim:

1. A running board saddle of I-beam construction having transverse depressions in saddle and to receive vertical bolts for bolt- 7 ing the saddle to the car roof.

2. A running board saddle of I-beam design, ,-in combination withlongitudinally adjustable clips adapted to engage the lower flanges of the saddle and to receive vertical bolts for bolting the saddle to the car roof.

ture.

In testimony vwher f I fiix my Sigma? FRANK F. REISINGER. 

